Words the Bible translates as watch
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- phulakēφυλακήa watch of the night: one of the set stretches into which the night was divided
+2 more meanings
- prison: a place where people are held under guard
- the act of keeping watch: standing guard over something
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
- mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
+2 more meanings
- a charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
- something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
- natsarנָצַרto keep close watch over something and guard it: to protect it, hold onto it faithfully, or keep it safe
- tsaphahצָפָהto keep watch: to fix one's eyes on something with alert, purposeful attention
- grēgoreōγρηγορέωto be awake and on the alert: to stay awake, and so to stay watchful and ready for what is coming
- mishmarמִשְׁמָרa keeping: guarding given concrete shape, whether as custody, a watch, or an observed charge
- agrupneōἀγρυπνέωto keep watch without sleeping: to give up rest in order to stay alert to something that matters.
- shaqadשָׁקַדto keep wakeful watch: to stay awake and alert over something, refusing to let it go until it happens
- ashmurahאַשְׁמוּרָהa watch: one of the fixed stretches the night was divided into, and so a way of telling time in the dark
- avanעִיןto watchnot studied yet
- tsephiyyahצְפִּיָּהwatchnot studied yet
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